Method for Providing Information Related to Item and Electronic Apparatus Using the Same

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method of receiving information related to a plurality of items, mapping the received information related to items to each of a plurality of cells, comparing at least some of the information related to the items mapped to eachof the cells with a threshold value, and providing information related to the cells based on the comparison result, and an electronic apparatus.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of providing information related to cells in which items are arranged by an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:
 receiving first information related to at least one tote;   identifying second information related to at least some of a plurality of items included in each of the at least one tote;   identifying information related to each cell corresponding to each of the at least one tote when time at which the first information is received elapses by exceeding a first threshold value related to an elapsed time after receiving information related to a tote, wherein the information related to the each cell includes location information of the each cell and identification information of the each cell;   mapping at least some of information related to items located in each of the at least one tote to the information related to the each cell based on the first information and the second information;   comparing at least some of the information related to the items mapped to the each cell with a second threshold value and a third threshold value; and   providing information related to a plurality of cells based on the comparison result.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the comparing the at least some of the information related to the items mapped to the each of the cells with the second threshold value and the third threshold value comprises:
 configuring the second threshold value and the third threshold value for a reference threshold value to compare a time remaining until an expected shipping time of an item mapped to the each cell, and   comparing the second threshold value and the third threshold value with the time remaining until the expected shipping time of the item mapped to the each cell.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the information related to the plurality of cells includes: first cell information including a number of cells mapped to items past expected shipping time, second cell information including a number of cells mapped to items in which time remaining until expected shipping time is less than the second threshold value, third cell information including a number of cells mapped to items in which time remaining until expected shipping time is greater than the second threshold value and is less than the third threshold value, and fourth cell information including a number of cells mapped to items in which time exceeding the third threshold value has elapsed since last operation was performed, and
 wherein the fourth cell information includes information indicating that time exceeding the third threshold value has elapsed after last operation on an item mapped to a cell corresponding to the fourth cell information is performed.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein when a same cell is mapped to different items whose time remaining until expected shipping time is less than the second threshold value, a count of cells in the second cell information increases by  1 . 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the second cell information and the third cell information are provided in different ways of representation. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the different ways of representation comprise at least one of text of different colors, different alarm sounds, a presence or an absence of flickering, and backgrounds of different colors. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the information related to the plurality of cells includes batch identification information and expected shipping time information for a specific number of items in order of imminent expected shipping time among expected shipping times mapped to the each cell. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the providing the information related to the plurality of cells comprises providing information related to an elapsed time after at least one of the time at which the first information is received and a time at which the second information is identified. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 providing identification information of tote corresponding to each cell; and   providing at least some of the information related to the items included in the tote based on a user input corresponding to the identification information of the tote.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving information indicating that work on a first tote corresponding to a first cell is completed; and   updating a tote corresponding to the first cell to a second tote instead of the first tote.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the providing the information related to the plurality of cells comprises providing the information related to the plurality of cells according to status information of each cell determined based on a processing result of work on items mapped to each cell. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the information related to the plurality of cells includes at least one of a number of working cells, a number of total cells, location information of the total cells, and an average value of work time of the plurality of cells. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 providing information related to a wall including the plurality of cells,   wherein the information related to the wall includes at least one of a number of total walls, location of the total walls, a number of working walls, and a number of currently available walls.   
     
     
         14 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising a program allowing a computer to execute the method of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         15 . An electronic apparatus for providing information related to cells in which items are arranged, the electronic apparatus comprising:
 a memory comprising at least one instruction; and   a processor,   wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to perform:   receiving first information related to at least one tote;   identifying second information related to at least some of a plurality of items included in each of the at least one tote;   identifying information related to each cell corresponding to each of the at least one tote when time at which the first information is received elapses by exceeding a first threshold value related to elapsed time after receiving information related to a tote, wherein the information related to the each cell includes location information of the each cell and identification information of the each cell;   mapping at least some of information related to items located in each of the at least one tote to the information related to the each cell based on the first information and the second information;   comparing at least some of the information related to the items mapped to the each cell with a second threshold value and a third threshold value; and   providing information related to a plurality of cells based on the comparison result.